Joseph I

noun

1678–1711, king of Hungary 1687–1711; king of Germany 1690–1711; emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1705–11 (son of Leopold I).

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In three months after the signing of this treaty, Joseph I. died of the small-pox, in his palace of Vienna.

The imperial freedom restored to the town by Joseph I. in 1705 was again lost by reincorporation with Bavaria in 1714.

Francis Joseph I. ascended the throne before the abdication of his father, which took place immediately afterwards.

Claimed in 1708 as a fief of the empire by Joseph I., it was governed for the greater part of the century by the Austrians.

Yet it is difficult to conceive what further advantages Joseph I. expected to secure, by prolonging the war.

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